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Volendam
1999
61,396
238 Meters
23 Knots
1,432 Guests
588 Crew
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Rotterdam Dining Room
Open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, the restaurant offers a choice of either traditional pre-set seating and dining times or the ships 'As You Wish' freedom dining. A number of themed afternoon teas are served during a cruise along with a standard one and include a Cupcake Tea and an Indonesian Tea Ceremony.
Lido Marketplace
This cafeteria style eatery provides a relaxed dining area with fresh cooked to order selections and a choice of seating either indoors or al fresco. The food is very good for a main buffet, and the variety on offer from all these regions of the world is extraordinary. The Lido Market fully embraces the station concept, which aids navigation and sanitation as everything is served from behind a glass panel.
Canaletto Restaurant
This world class establishment is the Volendam's reservations-only complimentary Italian dinner restaurant. It is famous for offering a delectable Italian sharing menu at dinnertime for a very reasonable price. Food on offer includes a selection of antipasti, soups and salads, pasta and desserts.
The Pinnacle Grill
The Pinnacle Grill is the perfect date night choice for its great atmosphere and offerings of only the highest quality of steaks, chops and seafood. Dishes on offer range from premium sterling silver beef, filet mignon and jumbo prawns, and broiled lobster tail to Caesar salad and lobster bisque for starters and chocolate and raisin bread and butter pudding or baked Alaska for dessert.
Dive-In
This poolside restaurant serves mouth-watering burgers and hot dogs. They do a gourmet version of American fast food staples and are very popular with passengers.
Explorations Cafe
This delightful coffee bar doubles as the ship's internet and library room. This means you can enjoy a book while having a speciality coffee along with a pastry, biscuit, muffin or fresh fruit salad.
Crow's Nest
Crow's Nest
Perched up high at the front of the ship, this brilliant lounge offers guests 270 degrees ocean views and makes the ideal location to sit with a drink and watch the sunset. Plenty of entertainment takes place here including an eight-piece party band and karaoke events and it turns into the ship's nightclub later in the evening.
Ocean Bar
Ocean Bar
The Ocean Bar surrounds the central atrium and features a small stage and dance floor, which makes it the perfect spot for pre-dinner drinks and dancing.
Mix
Mix
Mix is a fantastic trio of bars. The Champagne Bar is ideal for celebrations. Martini's serves cocktails and martini's, and Spirits and Ales serves microbrews, single malts and with screens airing sports updates. Entertainment is provided by live piano tunes to listen and sing along to.
Explorer's Lounge
Explorer's Lounge
The ideal spot for classical music fans to enjoy after-dinner drinks speciality coffee as well as complimentary chocolates in the evening.
The Neptune Lounge
The Neptune Lounge
Featuring a large flat screen TV, the room is Wi-Fi enabled allowing passengers to check their emails via their own personal devices. It also provides a place for guests to socialize and have a drink of fresh juice or coffee along with pastries each morning and hor d'oeuvres.
Frans Hals Theatre
Frans Hals Theatre
The Frans Hals Theatre is home to nightly live shows, at 7 and 10 pm, as well as enrichment lectures, bingo and itinerary specific classes. They have some great song and dance performances and a highlight is a 'Frozen Planet Live,' a BBC nature video production, accompanied by a group of live musicians.
Explorations Central
Explorations Central
Transform Your Travel Experience by discovering the connections that unite us across borders and cultures. Explorations Central is immersive onboard programming designed to make your journey more engaging, vivid and meaningful. From EXC Talks, to EXC Encounters to a chat with your EXC Guide, you'll feel the spirit of a region come to life.
The Wajang Theatre and Culinary Arts Centre
The Wajang Theatre and Culinary Arts Centre
Private cooking classes are taught by the Pinnacle Grill's chef, the ship's executive chef or a guest chef, and topics range from kids' cooking workshops to desserts. The space also serves as a movie theatre, which offers three showings of a different film each day, complete with popcorn.
America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen
On sea days, there is also a daily free 45-minute live cooking demonstration by the America's Test Kitchen host, who cooks two themed dishes.) and provides great tips about techniques and ingredients. The same host offers a hands-on workshop for eight participants about once a week.
Windows Digital Workshop
Windows Digital Workshop
If you've always wanted to brush up on your computer skills, especially when it comes to using and editing digital photos, creating home movies or setting up web stages, pop in here for a free class when you have a couple of hours to spare.
Casino
Casino
The casino has more than sixty glittering slots as well as Texas Hold'em and 3-card poker tables, roulette, lotto and five blackjack tables. Tournaments include Texas Hold'em and slots.
Greenhouse Spa & Salon
Greenhouse Spa & Salon
The spa has an impressive thermal suite, which includes access to multiple saunas, a steam room, aromatherapy room, relaxation room with heated ceramic loungers and a hydrotherapy pool. Treatments onboard are provided using Elemis brand products. A dedicated salon offers hair, nail and men's services
Fitness Centre
Fitness Centre
Located inside the spa, this fitness centre features an impressive array of cutting-edge fitness machines such as stationary bikes, rowing machines, ellipticals and weight machines, plus treadmills that face floor-to-ceiling windows over the ocean. Some of their classes are free but others like pilates and yoga are charged per class. Personal training is also available.
The Pools
The Pools
The rectangular main pool is located on the Lido deck and it has two additional hot tubs. The Lido's glass roof opens to the sky on warm days. The oval Sea View pool located on a broad outdoor swath of the same deck, aft, is the spot for sun-worshippers.
Kids Clubs
Kids Clubs
The Volendam offers fantastic kid and teen club facilities. Club Hal has age-appropriate activities for kids aged three to twelve and the teens have their own hangout space called the Loft.
Outdoor Recreation
Outdoor Recreation
On deck nine (the Sports Deck) you'll find a practice basketball court on one side and a reduced-size tennis court on the other, as well as four shuffleboard courts. In the shaded area of the Lido Deck, two Ping-Pong tables are popular with guests.
